Method and apparatus for transmitting power headroom report by terminal in wireless communication system

• US 9,961,648 B2
• Filed: 03/26/2014
• Issued: 05/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pantech Corporation (Ideahub, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Pantech Incorporated
• Inventors: Kwon, Ki Bum, Ahn, Jae Hyun, Huh, Kang Suk
• Primary Examiner(s): Kassim, Khaled
• Assistant Examiner(s): Belete, Berhanu
• Application Number:
  US14/782,468
• Publication Number:
  US 20160066284A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,497 Days
• Field of Search: 370329
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/365 Power headroom reporting
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting a power headroom report (PHR) by a terminal which is set to be dually connected to at least two heterogeneous base stations through uplink wireless connection. A method for transmitting a power headroom report (PHR) by a user equipment performing wireless communication based on dual connectivity. The method may include triggering the PHR based on at least one of a path loss change and a periodic timer; and transmitting at least one PHR to at least one base station according to the dual connectivity.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting a power headroom report (PHR) by a user equipment performing wireless communication based on dual connectivity, the method comprising:

triggering the PHR based on a path loss change, a periodic timer, or both the path loss change and the periodic timer; and

transmitting the PHR to the base station according to the dual connectivity,

wherein;

the base station according to the dual connectivity comprises a first base station and a second base station,

the PHR comprises a first PHR for a first frequency band and a second PHR for a second frequency band, and

the transmitting of the PHR comprises;

transmitting the first PHR to the second base station when the second PHR for the second base station is triggered based on the user equipment receiving the downlink signals from one base station of the first base station and the second base station at a time and transmitting an uplink signal to only the corresponding base station at a time.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first PHR comprises an indicator indicating whether the first PHR comprises a PHR for a primary serving cell or an indicator indicating whether the PH is based on actual transmission or a reference format.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

different timers are configured in the first base station and the second base station.

4. A method for transmitting a power headroom report (PHR) by a user equipment performing wireless communication based on dual connectivity, the method comprising:

triggering the PHR based on a path loss change, a periodic timer, or both the path loss change and the periodic timer; and

transmitting the PHR to the base station according to the dual connectivity,

wherein;

the base station according to the dual connectivity comprises a first base station and a second base station,

the PHR comprises a first PHR at a first frequency band and a second PHR at a second frequency band,

the user equipment receives downlink signals from one base station of the first base station and the second base station at a time and transmits an uplink signal to only the one corresponding base station at a time, and

when the second PHR for the second base station is triggered and the triggered second PHR is transmitted, the first PHR for the first base station is transmitted.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein:

when each of the first base station and the second base station performs uplink scheduling, the first PHR is configured only in cells in the first base station and the second PHR is configured only in cells in the second base station.

6. A user equipment for performing wireless communication and transmitting a power headroom report (PHR) based on dual connectivity, the user equipment comprising:

a triggering unit triggering the PHR based on a path loss change, a periodic timer, or both the path loss change and the periodic timer;

a transmitting unit transmitting the PHR to the base station according to the dual connectivity,

wherein;

the base station according to the dual connectivity comprises a first base station and a second base station,

the PHR comprises a first PHR for a first frequency band and a second PHR for a second frequency band,

the transmitting unit is further configured to;

store the first PHR in the user equipment and transmit the first PHR to the second base station when the second PHR for the second base station is triggered based on the user equipment receiving the downlink signals from one base station of the first base station and the second base station at a time and transmitting an uplink signal to only the one corresponding base station at a time.